diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_file.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_file.inc.php
index f9758141e8..6e9cc6953c 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_file.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_file.inc.php
@@ -140,7 +140,9 @@ class etemplate_widget_file extends etemplate_widget
 				// Data to send back to client
 				$temp_name = basename($file['tmp_name']);
 				$file_data[$temp_name] = array(
-					'name' => basename($file['name']),
+					// Prepend space to avoid UTF8 issues, from
+					// http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.basename.php#109518
+					'name' => ltrim(basename(' '.$file['name'])),
 					'type' => $file['type']
 				);
 			}